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Research into the chemical and physical properties of a new class of lithium conducting polymer electrolytes formed from the dispersal of ceramic powders into a poly(ethylenoxide) (PEO)-lithium salt, LiX complexes, is reported.

The structural variation of the electrode material was studied in situ as a function of x during the first 7 cycles by means of the energy dispersive X-ray diffraction. Extending the anodic voltage limit to higher values resulted in an even deeper deintercalation, which reflects a more drastic reduction of the c parameter and of the unit cell volume.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing, Industrial Organic Chemicals, Chemistry, Polyethylene Glycol, Analysis, Chemical research